Bayern Munich ended their four-year wait for victory in the German Super Cup by beating Borussia Dortmund 2-0 at the Westfalenstadion, last night.

Arturo Vidal and Thomas Mueller scored the second-half goals to grant Carlo Ancelotti a winning start to life as Bayern coach, and earn the defending Bundesliga champions and DFB-Pokal winners the first trophy of the new season in Germany.

Dortmund enjoyed the better of the first half, but Bayern’s dominance of German football over the past four years shone through in the second half as they beat their hosts convincingly.

Dortmund, bidding for a hat-trick of Super Cup wins over Bayern, were appealing for a penalty when Xabi Alonso struck the ball with his arm, but the referee waved away the home team’s protests.

Dortmund’s new signing Ousmane Dembele had the hosts’ next chance when he struck over from a good position but Bayern raised the tempo and opened the scoring.

Vidal juxtaposed his position with Mueller, creating space for a shot which keeper Roman Burki saved, but the Bayern man placed the rebound into the far corner.

With 10 minutes to go, Bayern sealed victory when Mueller lost his marker and latched onto Mats Hummels’s header from a corner, turning the ball in from close range.

Mario Goetze watched on from the Dortmund bench with coach Thomas Tuchel resisting the temptation to field him against his former club.

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